SIX FOLK AND SANTAL PAINTINGS, INDIA, CIRCA 1800 AND LATER

Ink and opaque watercolour on paper

D: Rossi 1998, p. 128, no. 52

A. In fair condition, significant losses to the edges and centre, as viewed. B. In fair condition, partial losses to the edges and centre, light creasing, staining on top left corner, as viewed. C. In good condition, laid down on paper, minor staining and discolouration, as viewd. D. I fair condition, splits and losses to the frayed edges, staining to upper and lower right hand side, as viewed. E. In fair condition, frayed edges, creasing to the centre, staining along the outer edges and rubbing marks in the centre, as viewed. F. In fair condition, laid down on paper, frayed edges, creasing to the centre, wear to the paint, as viewed.
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The six items in this lot are as follows:

A: Folk painting from a Ramayana; Hindu divinity with two warriors.
B: Folk painting in two pieces: Ras Lila, Krishna Fluting with gopis, circa 1800
C: Folk painting of a female dancer, circa 1800
D: A Santal demoness, depicting the death-delivering female demon (pishachi) eating a raw organ, West Bengal or Bihar, early 20th century. This demoness is probably a representation of pishachi the female form of pishacha (the death delivering demon). In this image pishachi is shown holding a goat on a lead as she stands alongside two vessels possibly belonging to the deceased Santal family member
E: A Santal tribal painting with men in green shorts and women in green dresses, Western India, 19th or early 20th century
F: A Santal tribal painting with seven male heads and five female dancers, Santal Tribe, Bakura, probably 19th century